New-York tribune., 1887-12-15
BARNEYn ROURKES TREA CHERI.
MR. BOTTY ASKS THAT THE With ASSEMBLY Dis
TRICr ASSOCIATION BE REORGANIzEp.

The HopublIcan Investigating Committee, of which
George W. Lyon is chairman, continued last eNc"ne
its investigation of the alleged rcachery 10 ifchrS -
Botty. the regular Republican candidate ior Nri
Justice in the WITH Judicial District ana 10 ohei ~
publican candidates. by the Rcpubicah ica"cIs oA '
With Assembly District
Oscar A. LANCER testified that he visited many eioc-
ton districts of tho With assembly District anu Oh
obt aiming punches Of ballots found that they conanc"
no Botty tickets. lie was told that no ballots lor
Dotty were to bo Those were the orders OF 'ohh
J. o. Bren and Barney ROurkc. One district cap
tain said: You want 10 know why run stccller's
ballots Well its because he's got moro Doodle than
Botty. That's why witness added that THIS was q
Republican captain in good standing in his district.
George +. Gemindcn, district captain In the vim
District who loyal to Mr.. Botty, esifed iha' ne
was tod by Henry Locwy that II he persisted In work
Ing for Mr. Boty his candidate for Alderman, Christian
COctz would be beaten He declined 10 prove disioyai
TO the regular candidate and Mr. Gociz was beaten by
80 votes, although the year previous he had Dcen
elected By more than 800 Since this investigation
began Barney ROurkc had received his reward LOT
his trcachery by being appointed clerk Of Jnsticc
Stcckler's Court The deputy clerk appointed AT th'
same time IS George Hall. the Tammany leader IN the
district. Witness added that he was the secretary oi
the Senatorial Convention of the with Dstrct' com
posed of the With. Nth and MYTH Assembly DIS
,ficts. The With District presented the namo OF
George Kraus for senator. Tho delegates from inc
other two districts refused 10 accept him. anu hhaS
the delegates from the With District Withdrew ana
nominated Erals. The With District kept It's cahdi-
date In the field and thus state senator was lost
Henry C. Botty said that he had no more testimony
to offer No one present TO represent the Win
District MIR. BOtty said that he would submit mat
in view of tho evidence presented. thcre >hoHd !"
rec rcanzaion Of the With District Republican As>o-
citation. To cxpcl from the County committee ne
men who had deliberately sold out Republican candi.
dates would do good They controlled tn" rols ol
Tho district and could al once rc-rlec themselves.
Take The cont,ol Of The organization In the With
District from John J. OHrien. I,alncy' Bonrltc aud
their associates and they would be prevented from
repeating the political trcachcry OF which they
had been guilty several ocraSionS.
This was rot the first time they had proved lrrach'
erols. 1t should hc the last So far ds the Rcpubi
can party concerned
Chairman Lyon asked Mr. EO'ty If f" iarncy" IourEe
was a member OF the Comfy Committee. NJ Houy
replied thar he not. but that lc W1S ih' vice
president of the NIIIth Assembly District tomnitc'
and often presided AZ its meetings j had brch
shown that he exercised controlling nHnc'c IN the
district. Chairman Lyon asked Mr.: Bo,y # be- knew
Of any authority which gave The RcpHblican County
Committee the power 10 lror-anze district. Mr
Ucttv said this had been don" In H." ca,' of ihr
XIIth Assembly District MI Lyon said that was
contested election. -
The committee decided 20 adjourn subject 10 The call
of the Chair. The committee VIII not hc called 20
get her a..ain until the official canvass has been rni"
This will enable the committee 10 80" ,usi th" en- '"i
of the trcachory in Tho NIIi'h District Ih' cai'r'
win thcn be summoned to appear before ihc committee
ana make what cN plaHai!0n they can